Deep-Sea taxon details
Sepia Linnaeus, 1758
138477 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138477)
accepted
Genus
- Species Sepia plana Lu & A. Reid, 1997
- Species Sepia subplana Lu & Boucher-Rodoni, 2001
- Subgenus Sepia (Hemisepius) Steenstrup, 1875 accepted as Hemisepius Steenstrup, 1875 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Sepia cultrata Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Ascarosepion cultratum (Hoyle, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sepia dannevigi S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Decorisepia hedleyi (S. S. Berry, 1918) (subjective synonym)
- Species Sepia hedleyi S. S. Berry, 1918 accepted as Decorisepia hedleyi (S. S. Berry, 1918) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sepia hieronis (G. C. Robson, 1924) accepted as Lusepia hieronis (G. C. Robson, 1924) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sepia orbignyana A. Férussac, 1826 accepted as Rhombosepion orbignyanum (A. Férussac, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sepia typica (Steenstrup, 1875) accepted as Hemisepius typicus Steenstrup, 1875 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sepia Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138477 on 2026-05-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Sepia Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138477 on 2026-05-23
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Khromov D.N., C.C. Lu, A. Guerra, Zh. Dong & S. v. Boletzky (1998) A synopsis of Sepiidae outside Australian waters. Pp. 77-157, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <i>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology</i> 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details]
additional source Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (2005). Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Khromov D.N., C.C. Lu, A. Guerra, Zh. Dong & S. v. Boletzky (1998) A synopsis of Sepiidae outside Australian waters. Pp. 77-157, in: Voss N.A., M. Vecchione, R.B. Toll & M.J. Sweeney, eds (1998) Systematics and biogeography of cephalopods. <i>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology</i> 586: volume 1: 1-276; volume 2: 277-599. [details]
additional source Reid, A., Jereb, P. & Roper, C.F.E. (2005). Family Sepiidae. pp. 57-152, in P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper eds. <em>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date.</em> Volume 1. Chambered nautiluses and sepioids (<em>Nautilidae</em>, <em>Sepiidae</em>, <em>Sepiolidae</em>, <em>Sepiadariidae</em>, <em>Idiosepiidae</em> and <em>Spirulidae</em>). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(1): 262 pp. 9 pls. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | コウイカ属 | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 129994)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 1011033 Cuttle Bone)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 1011033 Cuttle Bones)
To ITIS
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sepia)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 1011033 Cuttle Bone)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ MOL 1011033 Cuttle Bones)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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